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Reading view wiped out mail merge??
I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail
attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you. |
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Reading view wiped out mail merge??
Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this:
myfield and are you now seeing them like this { MERGEFIELD myfield } ? If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using Tools-Options-View to change the view settings. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" wrote in message ... I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you. |
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Reading view wiped out mail merge??
Thanks for the reply, Alt-F9 allowed me to see the merge data but I still
can't see the drawing/picture objects that were also a part of the document (i.e., company logo, borders). Any ideas? "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: myfield and are you now seeing them like this { MERGEFIELD myfield } ? If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using Tools-Options-View to change the view settings. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" wrote in message ... I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you. |
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Reading view wiped out mail merge??
Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print Layout
View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company logo, embedded Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading Layout I can see them but can't edit or move those objects. Another oddity - I use headers and footers and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document (minus the footer). The margins are correct in Page Layout. Any suggestions? "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: myfield and are you now seeing them like this { MERGEFIELD myfield } ? If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using Tools-Options-View to change the view settings. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" wrote in message ... I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you. |
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Reading view wiped out mail merge??
Tools options view
Uncheck 'Picture Placeholders Check 'Drawing Objects' -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JimAA wrote: Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print Layout View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company logo, embedded Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading Layout I can see them but can't edit or move those objects. Another oddity - I use headers and footers and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document (minus the footer). The margins are correct in Page Layout. Any suggestions? "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: myfield and are you now seeing them like this { MERGEFIELD myfield } ? If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using Tools-Options-View to change the view settings. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" wrote in message ... I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you. |
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Reading view wiped out mail merge??
If you haven't gone to Tools-Options-View, go there and see if e.g.
Drawings is checked or not and anything else you might need, such as text boundaries. and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document (minus the footer) Do you mean that the stuff that was previously confined to the header area has now spread vertically right down to the footer? Or are you talking about a lack of visible boundaries? -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" wrote in message ... Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print Layout View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company logo, embedded Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading Layout I can see them but can't edit or move those objects. Another oddity - I use headers and footers and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document (minus the footer). The margins are correct in Page Layout. Any suggestions? "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: myfield and are you now seeing them like this { MERGEFIELD myfield } ? If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using Tools-Options-View to change the view settings. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" wrote in message ... I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you. |
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Reading view wiped out mail merge??
That is how the options were set. However, I did notice that my drawing
toolbar (which I normally keep open) was gone. I went to Tools...Customize...Toolbars and checked Drawing, closed my document and when I reopened it everything was back to the way it originally was. Problem solved. Thanks for the suggestions. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Tools options view Uncheck 'Picture Placeholders Check 'Drawing Objects' -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JimAA wrote: Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print Layout View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company logo, embedded Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading Layout I can see them but can't edit or move those objects. Another oddity - I use headers and footers and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document (minus the footer). The margins are correct in Page Layout. Any suggestions? "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: myfield and are you now seeing them like this { MERGEFIELD myfield } ? If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using Tools-Options-View to change the view settings. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" wrote in message ... I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you. |
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